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Sultan X New Hampshire Red
So I've got a White male plus one Black female Sultan at 16 weeks old. I recently read that they start to lay eggs from around 20 weeks old. So I was keeping them along with my New Hampshire Reds (3) in the same cage. I was thinking by the tiny size of the Sultans that it would be another 2...- bycjohn
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- Forum: Exhibition, Genetics, & Breeding to the SOP
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Unusually Large Egg - Surprise! 1 in 25 million!
We had our hen lay an unusually large egg which was twice the size of her usual eggs & also weighed more than twice the weight! The surprise came when we broke the egg thinking there'd be two yolks. but we didn;t expect this - odds of a double yolker are at 1/1000. The odds rise to 1 in 25...- bycjohn
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- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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A little help here please!
I'm an avid hobbyist of backyard poultry - chickens & turkeys raised in two different coops in my backyard. I kept 4 of my turkey eggs under a brooding hen & got 4 turkey babies. They were growing along fine in a separate cage for about 1.5 months, when suddenly one after another just tumbled...- bycjohn
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- Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
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A little help here please!
I'm an avid hobbyist of backyard poultry - chickens & turkeys raised in two different coops in my backyard. I kept 4 of my turkey eggs under a brooding hen & got 4 turkey babies. They were growing along fine in a separate cage for about 1.5 months, when suddenly one after another just tumbled...